Molten steel kills 32 workers in Liaoning,China
{{date|April 19, 2007}}
[[Image:Allegheny Ludlum steel furnace.jpg|left|150px|An electric steel furnace]]
Molten steel spilled out and killed 32 workers at the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation mill in the city of [[w:Tieling|Tieling]] in [[w:Liaoning|Liaoning]] province, [[China]].

The ladle containing 1,500-degree-Celsius liquid steel [[w:Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster|poured into an open room]], where employees take breaks in-between shift changes, at 7:45 a.m. local time. At least 6 others were injured, one of them critically.

[[Image:China-Liaoning.png|right|180px|thumb|Liaoning province]] 
"It is the most serious accident to hit China's steel industry since 1949," said China's deputy head of the State Administration of Work Safety, Sun Huashan.

At least 4 workers have been arrested after the accident. The manager of mill, an operator, technician and a supervisor of a workshop were all arrested and are being questioned as an investigation in launched into what caused the accident to occur. 

== Sources ==
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|title=Molten steel bursts through windows in China tragedy
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|pub=Washington Post
|date=April 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200704/20070419/article_313222.htm|title=Workers buried in wave of liquid fire||author=
|pub=Shanghai Daily
|date=April 18, 2007}}
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[[fr:Chine : la chute d'une cuve d'acier en fusion fait 32 morts]]
[[zh:辽宁钢厂钢水包脱落造成32名工人死亡]]
An electric steel furnace
Molten steel spilled out and killed 32 workers at the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation mill in the city of Tieling in Liaoning province, China.

The ladle containing 1,500-degree-Celsius liquid steel poured into an open room, where employees take breaks in-between shift changes, at 7:45 a.m. local time. At least 6 others were injured, one of them critically.

Liaoning province 
"It is the most serious accident to hit China's steel industry since 1949," said China's deputy head of the State Administration of Work Safety, Sun Huashan.

At least 4 workers have been arrested after the accident. The manager of mill, an operator, technician and a supervisor of a workshop were all arrested and are being questioned as an investigation in launched into what caused the accident to occur. 


fr:Chine : la chute d'une cuve d'acier en fusion fait 32 morts
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